# חרש
## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ח־ר־שׁ (kh-r-sh)
* 7 terms
From the root ח־ר־שׁ (ḥ-r-sh), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ḥaraθ-. Compare Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa, “to plow, to farm”).

#### Verb

חָרַשׁ • (kharásh) (pa'al construction)
* To plow, plough:
    עבד את האדמה במחרשה.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
** Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:10:לֹא תַחֲרֹשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וּבַחֲמֹר יַחְדָּוlo takhrósh b'shór uvakhamór yakhdávThou shalt not plough with an ox and with a donkey at once.
** Tanach, 1 Kings 19:19:וַיֵּלֶךְ מִשָּׁם וַיִּמְצָא אֶת אֱלִישָׁע בֶּן שָׁפָט וְהוּא חֹרֵשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר צְמָדִים לְפָנָיו וְהוּא בִּשְׁנֵים הֶעָשָׂרHe [Elijah] went from there and he found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, while he was ploughing with twelve spans of oxen in front of him and he was with the twelfth.
* To devise, forge: to plan evil
** Tanach, Proverbs 3:29:אַל־תַּחֲרֹשׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ רָעָה וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח אִתָּךְDo not plan evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly beside you.
* To travel a place or a land in it's whole, entirety or almost that.
    לקראת הבחירות לנשיאות חרש ג'ורג' בוש את ארצות הברית לאורכה ולרוחבה.In preparation for the presidential elections George Bush traveled the whole United States throughout.
* (slang) To study thoroughly.
    לפני הבחינה חרשתי על החומר.(Literally) Before the exam I ploughed on material. (Idiomatically) Before the exam I studied thoroughly the material.
    תראה את החרשן הזה, כבר שבוע חורש למבחן בספרות.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (archaic) To forge: to process metal, wood or stone.
** Tanach, Genesis 4:22, with translation of the New International Version:וְצִלָּה גַם הִוא יָלְדָה אֶת תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל […]Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. […]

##### Conjugation

or

##### Synonyms

* (to plan evil): זמם
* (to process metal): עיבד / עִבֵּד

##### Derived terms

* חָרַשׁ רָעָה
* לולא חרשתם בעגלתי, לא מצאתם חידתי

##### See also

* חָרִישׁ
* חַרְשָׁן
* נֶחְרַשׁ

#### Noun

חָרָשׁ • (kharásh) m (plural indefinite חָרָשִׁים, singular construct חָרַשׁ־, feminine counterpart חָרָשִׁית) [pattern: קַטָּל]
* A craftsman.
** Tanach, 2 Kings 24:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְאֵת כָּל-אַנְשֵׁי הַחַיִל שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים וְהֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר אֶלֶףvəet kol-anšḗ haḥáyil šiv'át alafím vəheḥaráš vəhammasgér élefAnd all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand

##### Derived terms

* חָרַשׁ אֶבֶן
* חָרַשׁ בַּרְזֶל (“blacksmith”)
* חרש נחושת / חָרַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת
* חָרַשׁ עֵץ

##### See also

* אומן / אֻמָּן
* מַחְרֵשָׁה
* נַגָּר
* נַפָּח

### Etymology 2

From the root ח־ר־שׁ (ḥ-r-sh). Cognate with Arabic خَرِسَ (ḵarisa).

#### Verb

חָרַשׁ • (kharásh) (pa'al construction)
* Not to hear.
** Tanach, Micah 7:16:[…] יָשִׂימוּ יָד עַל־פֶּה אָזְנֵיהֶם תֶּחֱרַֽשְׁנָה׃ […] They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears will become deaf.
** Tanach, Psalms 39:13:[…] שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי ה' וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל דִּמְעָתִי אַל תֶּחֱרַשׁHear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping.
* To be silent, not to speak, not to respond.
** Tanach, Psalms 83:2:אֱלֹהִים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵֽל׃O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God.

##### Conjugation

or

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “not to hear”): שָׁמַע (shamá)

##### See also

* הֶחְרִישׁ
* החרש
* הִתְחָרֵשׁ

#### Noun

חֵרֵשׁ • (kherésh) m
* defective spelling of חירש: A (male) deaf person, a non-hearing person.

#### Adjective

חֵרֵשׁ • (kherésh)
* defective spelling of חירש

#### Noun

חֶרֶשׁ • (khéresh) m (plural indefinite חֲרָשִׁים, singular construct חֶרֶשׁ־, plural construct חַרְשֵׁי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* surreptitiously
** Tanach, Isaiah 3:3:שַׂר חֲמִשִּׁים וּנְשׂוּא פָנִים וְיוֹעֵץ וַחֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים וּנְבוֹן לָחַשׁ(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Adverb

חֶרֶשׁ • (khéresh)
* surreptitiously, silently, without making noise, in secret
** "שיר הרעות", חיים גורי:
    על הנגב יורד ליל הסתיו / ומצית כוכבים חרש חרש(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** Tanach, Joshua 2:1, with translation of the King James Version:וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן מִן הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַיִם אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁAnd Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,

##### Derived terms

* שׁוֹטֵר חֶרֶשׁ

##### See also

* בַּלָּאט

### Etymology 3

See etymology at חורש.

#### Noun

חוֹרֶשׁ / חֹרֶשׁ • (khóresh) m (plural indefinite חֳרָשִׁים)
* defective spelling of חוֹרֶשׁ: a grove, a wood, a thicket: an area with many trees.

##### Synonyms

* יַעַר

##### See also

* חורשה / חֻרְשָׁה
* עֵץ

### Etymology 4

(See definition.)

#### Noun

חֶרֶשׂ • (khéres) m
* (biblical) Alternative spelling of חֶרֶס (“clay, ceramics, earthenware”).

### Anagrams

* שחר